I don't consider the petroleum industry to have been in "crisis" for the last 25 years. No one that I knew that lost their job in the early '80's has remained unemployed until the present petroleum boom. They all got jobs in different sectors, some of them much better jobs. And, of course, the petrochem compaies did not collapse (though there was a good bit of consolidation).

Last edited by Gadfly; 06/02/08.
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